Excello 602 belt replacement

[Mstarkey3]

Hi

This is my first post, I’ve been reading about machining here for some time and have gotten a lot of help from all the threads on this forum. I just bought an Excello 602 at an auction, this was to replace my Dayton round column mill( Ring Fu 31 knockoff).

I did find that there is very little and often conflicting information on the Excello mills, so I figured I would share some of the things I’m doing to repair the 602 I picked up a few weeks ago.
I feel I got pretty lucky with finding this mill at a super cheap price. From what I can tell( I’m a mechanic not a machinist….yet) this machine is in pretty good shape.

This video is on belt replacement, hope it helps others so that they aren’t blindly trying to figure it out themselves as I did.

 

[JBTR]

Looks nice; thanks for the video. Does your 602 use a magnetic starter? Or drum switch?

I have an earlier 602 that's not as pretty but works ok. Had to do minor repairs on motor & on spindle brake. The quill oil cup quickly drains out and onto the table so I guess I need to pull the quill & spindle and check into oil seals.

 

[Mstarkey3]

Looks nice; thanks for the video. Does your 602 use a magnetic starter? Or drum switch?

I have an earlier 602 that's not as pretty but works ok. Had to do minor repairs on motor & on spindle brake. The quill oil cup quickly drains out and onto the table so I guess I need to pull the quill & spindle and check into oil seals.

Thanks.

Mine has a drum switch on it.

I did notice the quill oil cup on mine will drain out onto the bed overnight. So I might be doing those repairs as well. I may need to do some work on the brake. The adjustment screw for it is seized up. I was worried about breaking it. It holds okay, but definitely needs to be adjusted soon.

 

[John Allan]

Check your oil cup. Fill it with cotton to allow oil to be retained and seep out as needed. I recommend that you use the mill before tearing into it.
The Excello 602 is a great machine compared to a Bridgeport.

 

[Mstarkey3]

Check your oil cup. Fill it with cotton to allow oil to be retained and seep out as needed. I recommend that you use the mill before tearing into it.
The Excello 602 is a great machine compared to a Bridgeport.

Thanks for the recommendation, yes I plan to use it to see if it’s something I really need to tear down. As of now everything in the spindle seems to be good and I don’t want to tear it down if I don’t need to.

 

[Chrisw]

So, with that size belt that you choose to use, how does the actual spindle RPM compare to the RPM scale on the spindle speed dial?